Let us imagine, just for a moment, that every possible outcome in our reality does indeed happen. In other words, there is an infinite number of "you"'s in parallel universes that did things differently than you did. Perhaps, just for argument, they chose not to read this. Instead, they went out and got drunk, or played Mario Kart, or called their ex-girlfriend, or masturbated to devious sexual acts that you would never consider to look up, but just happened to. Anything that's possible, you do... including die.
Ok, now stay with me, I'm going to get really weird here, and I don't mean to be creepy, it's just the manner in which I must explain myself.
This means, there's an infinite number of corpses out there... one for every living version of you. Now, consider that there's an infinite number of "you"'s out there. They each make a different choice than you. They went left when you went right, they went right when you went wrong. Now consider, there's also an equal cardinality for the number of universes in which you do not exist. You just..never...happened. Now, you have the full scope as it matters to you. You're either alive, alive and different, dead, or you never existed.
Now consider this... one of your cardinally infinite Doppelgangers, your doubles... they made all the RIGHT choices. I mean, THE RIGHT ONES. Somewhere, you're in heaven. Now consider THIS. You're not dead. That means that one of your Doppelgangers is never going to die. Why? Because this is possible, and if all possible choices occur, at least one of the "you"'s will live forever.
Now, let me ask you this... how do you know you're not one of the doubles that lives forever?
Now, let me ask you this... what's stopping you from living forever?
Disease? The answer to that is not to contract anything in the first place. This is TOTALLY possible.
Murder? The answer to that is not to involve yourself with others.
Accident, act of nature? The answer to this is sheer luck.
Bodily degradation? The answer to this is rejuvenation.
Suicide? You're already dead...somewhere... you'll always be alive... somewhere.
See? With the current ideation of quantum physics, you are potentially immortal.
Now let me ask you this... what is different from the "you" now and the "immortal you" later? When you are dead, do you question why the two "you"'s split? No...you're dead. So, as long as you are alive, you're working towards immortality. In other words... there is no difference between the you now and the immortal you.
Now, let's consider Schrodinger's Cat. Schrodinger stated that due to the subatomic nature of matter, all things macro atomic would also have to obey the same rules. Ok, picture this situation. You created a system such that there is a device that detects the decay of a substance. This substance is just as likely to decay within one hour as it is as likely it is to not decay. If it decays, the detector goes off and releases a hammer which knocks off a vile of hydrocyanic acid inside a box that contains a small, little, kitten. This kills the kitten (named Mittens for S&G's). However, if it does not decay, the cat lives. The interesting thing, though, is that there is a third option. This option is observable at subatomic levels. It's superposition. It's like... the smeared reality state where something both happens and doesn't happen at the same instance. Quantum computers operate on this principle. It's rather weird.
So let's see what happens to our cat, Mittens. In one reality, Mittens survives the hour, and leaves the confines of that box unscathed. In another reality, Mittens dies a horrible choking death to this awful chemical. In yet another reality... Mittens is both alive and dead at the same time. "Whoa," right?
Ok, so from the perspective of the scientist, Mittens dies, or survives, or does both. However... to Mittens, she's always alive. She cannot die. See, if all possible realities happen, and we are just slipping into one or another, splitting with another one of "us" that chose another path, then we cannot ask "Why am I not dead". The answer is obvious. Because you're immortal until you die. Hey, ever consider that Mittens survives the chemical attack? It's possible. What are you going to say to Mittens? "Why are you alive?" What answer would make you more happy? A simple rational possibility supported by empirical evidence? Or perhaps... "because she survived" is more appropriate. I'm sure Mittens wont ask you why she's alive, or even if she is.
You see, to Mittens, the result doesn't matter. We are a closed system unto ourselves. Our very being, our very consciousness is a closed system. As a result, we cannot observe our reality. We can only judge other's reality and apply it to us. Furthurmore, we cannot judge how we affect our reality. This means that just because we see others die doesn't mean we are going to die. We can be immortal. Don't discard that Idea.
My point? Unless you're dead, you're immortal. Right? It's always possible that you live forever, so it's going to happen. One of you is going to live forever. Do you think this "you" will ask why he's still alive? Do you think there's anything different from the "you" who is alive and reading and the possible "you" that lives forever? Nope, none.
If all men are mortal, I am only a mere man to you.
Ok, now stay with me, I'm going to get really weird here, and I don't mean to be creepy, it's just the manner in which I must explain myself.
This means, there's an infinite number of corpses out there... one for every living version of you. Now, consider that there's an infinite number of "you"'s out there. They each make a different choice than you. They went left when you went right, they went right when you went wrong. Now consider, there's also an equal cardinality for the number of universes in which you do not exist. You just..never...happened. Now, you have the full scope as it matters to you. You're either alive, alive and different, dead, or you never existed.
Now consider this... one of your cardinally infinite Doppelgangers, your doubles... they made all the RIGHT choices. I mean, THE RIGHT ONES. Somewhere, you're in heaven. Now consider THIS. You're not dead. That means that one of your Doppelgangers is never going to die. Why? Because this is possible, and if all possible choices occur, at least one of the "you"'s will live forever.
Now, let me ask you this... how do you know you're not one of the doubles that lives forever?
Now, let me ask you this... what's stopping you from living forever?
Disease? The answer to that is not to contract anything in the first place. This is TOTALLY possible.
Murder? The answer to that is not to involve yourself with others.
Accident, act of nature? The answer to this is sheer luck.
Bodily degradation? The answer to this is rejuvenation.
Suicide? You're already dead...somewhere... you'll always be alive... somewhere.
See? With the current ideation of quantum physics, you are potentially immortal.
Now let me ask you this... what is different from the "you" now and the "immortal you" later? When you are dead, do you question why the two "you"'s split? No...you're dead. So, as long as you are alive, you're working towards immortality. In other words... there is no difference between the you now and the immortal you.
Now, let's consider Schrodinger's Cat. Schrodinger stated that due to the subatomic nature of matter, all things macro atomic would also have to obey the same rules. Ok, picture this situation. You created a system such that there is a device that detects the decay of a substance. This substance is just as likely to decay within one hour as it is as likely it is to not decay. If it decays, the detector goes off and releases a hammer which knocks off a vile of hydrocyanic acid inside a box that contains a small, little, kitten. This kills the kitten (named Mittens for S&G's). However, if it does not decay, the cat lives. The interesting thing, though, is that there is a third option. This option is observable at subatomic levels. It's superposition. It's like... the smeared reality state where something both happens and doesn't happen at the same instance. Quantum computers operate on this principle. It's rather weird.
So let's see what happens to our cat, Mittens. In one reality, Mittens survives the hour, and leaves the confines of that box unscathed. In another reality, Mittens dies a horrible choking death to this awful chemical. In yet another reality... Mittens is both alive and dead at the same time. "Whoa," right?
Ok, so from the perspective of the scientist, Mittens dies, or survives, or does both. However... to Mittens, she's always alive. She cannot die. See, if all possible realities happen, and we are just slipping into one or another, splitting with another one of "us" that chose another path, then we cannot ask "Why am I not dead". The answer is obvious. Because you're immortal until you die. Hey, ever consider that Mittens survives the chemical attack? It's possible. What are you going to say to Mittens? "Why are you alive?" What answer would make you more happy? A simple rational possibility supported by empirical evidence? Or perhaps... "because she survived" is more appropriate. I'm sure Mittens wont ask you why she's alive, or even if she is.
You see, to Mittens, the result doesn't matter. We are a closed system unto ourselves. Our very being, our very consciousness is a closed system. As a result, we cannot observe our reality. We can only judge other's reality and apply it to us. Furthurmore, we cannot judge how we affect our reality. This means that just because we see others die doesn't mean we are going to die. We can be immortal. Don't discard that Idea.
My point? Unless you're dead, you're immortal. Right? It's always possible that you live forever, so it's going to happen. One of you is going to live forever. Do you think this "you" will ask why he's still alive? Do you think there's anything different from the "you" who is alive and reading and the possible "you" that lives forever? Nope, none.
If all men are mortal, I am only a mere man to you.
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